Take a paladin / war w/ basically the same gear (as close as possible in tank stance) same race. Have them do a standard hate rotation (no cooldowns) and a war will take hate every time on single target and aoe. It's not a hard test try it out. I have and the war takes it every time. You can theory craft all you want just try that one simple test and you will see that not only will the war take hate but, it will increase its hold every rotation.